Anime Tensai

Hey sorry I've been a little absent lately... Totally my fault because I actually completely forgot all about this blog but also some other real life problems arose which prevented me from updating the blog... But anyways, I don't want to make any excuses so I'll just promptly apologize for that and get on with what this post is all about! STRIKE THE BLOOD!

So I'm sure many of you have heard of the anime "Strike The Blood", which began airing last season which was the Fall 2013 anime season. It was quite a popular anime among anime fans and many people were excited to hear about it being turned into an anime after the light novels (me included).

Anyways this season of Winter 2013 is actually continuing the anime because it is supposed to be a 24 episode run. I just wanted to talk about it a bit and discuss my thoughts on it since now it is halfway through. I probably should have made this post before the 13th episode came out which was the start of the "second season" of the anime, but again some problems arose which prevented me from doing so.

SO DAMN KAWAII *NOSEBLEEDS*

Well on to my thoughts about the anime. Basically, it is the best anime I've seen in a while, I mean I've seen a wide variety of anime ranging from historical to musical. Now that is a pretty huge gap where a bunch of action, romance, harem, slice of life, yuri and many more are included so you can see that I'm not just saying it as some random guy whose only watched like 10 anime acting like he knows what he's talking about. I loved how the characters are so damn kawaii... I mean especially Himeragi, that is my waifu alright?! Nobody else can have her! (*´∀｀*) I really loved the art style and the characters personalities, lately the anime coming out have had these super cheesy moments where you just think in your head "REALLY? WOW." Strike The Blood just doesn't have these type of stupid moments, I can't say that at some points it may have seemed a little corny but most anime last year was really corny, especially the anime which came out near the summer and fall seasons.

The animation was also really great and if you're someone like me who only watches 720P or 1080P because 480P is like a disease and just looks REALLY bad. Like once you've seen 720P or 1080P, you can't even go back and compare them. It's on an ENTIRELY new level. I would probably never want to watch it in 480P again if I didn't have to. On that note, having a great cast of characters and animation doesn't make an anime, there obviously needs to be some form of a story! In my opinion, I really liked the story so far in STB, I mean it seemed a little different from all the other stuff I've been seeing which has been kind of repetitive and seeing a new type of "genre" emerge made me pretty excited. I think this anime is actually quite similar to another anime known as "Campione" which also revolves around having powers/pillars which summon gods to help aid the main character in his battles. The story actually has something going for it and isn't continual fan service made out to milk as much money from the anime as it can. Of course, I'm not one to say I hate fan service when in fact I love it, but when all they do is have fan service I don't really enjoy the anime as much (I'm looking at you Boku wa Tomodachi!)

Anyways finally I'd just like to wrap up by saying that if you enjoyed "Campione" or "Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai", I'd definitely recommend you check out Strike The Blood!

Well since I'm too lazy to even post any sort of brief description of the anime, I'll just copy and paste one right here! So here you go!

The Fourth Primogenitor—that's the world's strongest vampire that should only exist in legends. Accompanied by twelve Kenjuu and spreading calamity, this phantom vampire appeared in Japan. For the observation and obliteration of this Fourth Primogenitor, the government and Lion King decided to dispatch an attack mage known as a Sword Shaman. However, for some reason, the one chosen for the observation was a apprentice Sword Shaman girl, Himegari Yukina. Wielding the strongest anti-primogenitor spirit spear, Yukina arrived at Demon District, Itogami City. What is the true identity of the Fourth Primogenitor, Akatsuki Kojou, she encountered over there?!